All Sky articles – Page 85
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NewsMurphy’s time at Sky assessed
Stuart Murphy is handing over Sky’s programming “train set” to the increasingly influential Gary Davey as he looks to indulge passions away from TV, including theme parks and classical music.
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NewsSky scores southern hemisphere rugby rights
Sky Atlantic has grown its audience by 70% year-on-year while the pay-TV broadcaster has swooped for rights to a host of southern hemisphere rugby rights.
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NewsStuart Murphy: my future lies outside TV
Stuart Murphy is hunting a role outside of the TV industry when he leaves Sky and has ruled out replacing Danny Cohen at the BBC.
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NewsStuart Murphy to leave Sky
Sky director of entertainment channels Stuart Murphy is to stand down after six years, and the broadcaster’s commissioning structure will be rejigged so he will not be replaced.
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NewsBedell, Tyler, Watsham and Taylor on hunt for Next Big Thing
Elaine Bedell, Alan Tyler, Richard Watsham and Celia Taylor will debate the Next Big Thing in Entertainment in a key session of Broadcast’s Commissioning Forum next month.
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RatingsKarl Pilkington helps Sky 1 to biggest audience of 2015
TUESDAY: The return of Karl Pilkington’s Moaning of Life and US superhero show The Flash helped Sky 1 to notch up some of its biggest audiences of the year.
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NewsSupergirl heads to Sky 1
Supergirl is to land on Sky 1 after the channel swooped for the rights to the Warner Bros-distributed drama.
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NewsSky to mic golfer for British Masters coverage
Sky Sports is to bolster its coverage of the British Masters golf tournament by making use of a live player microphone for the first time.
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NewsSundanceTV grabs Last Panthers
US cable network SundanceTV has picked up Sky Atlantic’s big-budget heist drama The Last Panthers.
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NewsSky Living secures The Catch & Limitless
Sky Living has picked up two US dramas – Shonda Rhimes’ The Catch and Limitless, the TV series based on the film starring Bradley Cooper.
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RatingsSky 1 scores biggest drama debut since 2012
WEDNESDAY: Sky 1’s apocalyptic comedy drama started strongly while The Great British Bake Off whipped up its best audience since last year’s final.
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NewsBBC abandons live Open golf coverage
The BBC has pulled out of its contract to broadcast The Open golf championship 12 months early citing financial constraints, handing exclusive live coverage to Sky from 2016.
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Behind The ScenesYou, Me & the Apocalypse, Sky 1
Sky 1’s new comedy-drama about the final days of life on Earth is filmed close to its Slough setting, but this location also doubles as Tennessee and Washington, discovers Olly Hunt
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NewsSky orders Indiana Jones-style drama
Sky 1 has ordered an Indiana Jones-style drama from Tony Jordan’s Red Plant Pictures.
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NewsA&E acquires Enfield Haunting for US
US cable network A&E has acquired Sky Living drama The Enfield Haunting after striking a deal with distributor Entertainment One.
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NewsSky Arts acquires Norwegian oil drama
Sky Arts has acquired Jo Nesbø-created Norwegian drama Occupied after striking a deal with Zodiak Rights.
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NewsLumsden calls for TV to nurture new writers
Lucy Lumsden has called on the TV industry to look after young writers as she prepares to leave Sky after six years.
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VideoVIDEO: You, Me & The Apocalypse, Sky 1
The trailer for Working Title Television and Big Ball’s comedy drama
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RatingsSky Scientology doc recruits 90,000
MONDAY: The controversy surrounding Sky Atlantic’s Scientology documentary, Going Clear, was unable to help it attract an audience of more than 90,000 viewers.
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NewsSky ups stake in VR firm
Sky has extended its financial backing of Jaunt – taking the total amount it has invested in the virtual reality (VR) service to around £1m.